Isaiah 29:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Young's Literal Translation
Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, ‘He hath not made me?’ And the framed thing said of its framer, ‘He did not understand?’

King James Bible
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

Hebrew
You have turned things upside down,
הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם (hap̄·kə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 2017: Perversity, turning of things upside down

as if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the potter
הַיֹּצֵ֖ר (hay·yō·ṣêr)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

were regarded
יֵֽחָשֵׁ֑ב (yê·ḥā·šêḇ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

as clay.
כְּחֹ֥מֶר (kə·ḥō·mer)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure

Shall
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

what is formed
מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה (ma·‘ă·śeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

say
יֹאמַ֨ר (yō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to him who formed it,
לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (lə·‘ō·śê·hū)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

“He did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

make me”?
עָשָׂ֔נִי (‘ā·śā·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

Can the pottery
וְיֵ֛צֶר (wə·yê·ṣer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3336: A form, framing, purpose

say
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

of the potter,
לְיוֹצְר֖וֹ (lə·yō·wṣ·rōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

“He has no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

understanding”?
הֵבִֽין׃ (hê·ḇîn)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
OpenBible.com


Isaiah 29:15
Top of Page
Top of Page